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Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. We look forward to receiving your application

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Keeping people safe and healthy matters and that’s what we do at the Health and Safety Executive. Every day, everyone on the team contributes to protecting lives and we apply our expertise to help influence change in mindsets about health and safety throughout industry. We undertake world-class science to build our knowledge about safe working practices, and then apply that understanding to the workplace, guiding every part of the economy to function safely. And when accidents happen, we investigate and hold those at fault to account whilst ensuring that lessons are learnt across industries. We are a modern, independent, data drive Regulator and we are proud to have made Great Britain one of the safest places to work in the world.

Technology, data, and digital services underpins everything that HSE does. We are a knowledge organisation, with a wealth of experience in keeping people safe. It is the responsibility of the Information, Technology and Facilities Division to ensure that everyone in the organisation can access our data and information, to share it and to use it to make effective decisions. We support over 3000 colleagues working in a hybrid style at home and in 26 offices across Great Britain. Our services keep inspectors functioning effectively and efficiently on industrial sites nationwide, from oil platforms in the North Sea to our deepest mines and quarries.

We strive to constantly improve the technologies and services supporting the organisation. Our end user computing devices are leading edge, and we are making significant progress in delivering new cloud-based services. Our service management and information management services are very highly regarded within the organisation and pride themselves on excellent customer service. Our commercial team has built strong relationships with suppliers and our project management team is embedded in our corporate change programme, transforming the older legacy systems that have underpinned the organisation for a long time.

We are a learning team, and everyone is encouraged to undertake training, development and courses that will keep them and the team current and excited by new opportunities. The team works well because everyone’s contributions and ideas are listened to and valued, and we can only grow and improve if there is an enthusiasm to explore our disciplines and try new ways of working.

You will manage the HSE’s data estate, ensuring that data remains confidential, integral, available (CIA), and relevant to business requirements. Monitoring all data flows and the use/re-use of data across the organisation to ensure that systems, business analytics and business intelligence are appropriately supported.

You will ensure databases remain secure, preventing unauthorised access, data exchange and data loss, and seek to improve all current system databases. Resolving database issues before they impact the user/customer, identifying root causes, developing work arounds and fixes in priority order to ensure databases and applications remain operational, at N or N-1 states, and performant to SLAs/OLAs, implementing upgrades and patches to databases, coordinating change activity, engaging with users, and ensuring that upgrades are understood and appropriate. You will document all databases, data interfaces and data flow diagrams, maintaining the accuracy of documentation to reflect changes and fixes, ensuring data quality is high.

This role will engage with users, supporting their needs and ensuring that a high-quality customer focused service is delivered. Your day-to-day duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Deputising for the Lead Application Operations Engineer
• Supporting the Data Architect in designing and implementing a Data Strategy and data architectures to deliver business priorities and objectives
• Continuously monitoring databases and applications ensuring applications remain available, performant to SLAs/OLAs, and deliver a good user and customer experience
• Leading the delivery of database Incident Management (Corrective Maintenance), Problem Management (Preventative Maintenance) and Change Management (Adaptive and Perfective Maintenance).
• Documenting all databases, data interfaces and data flow diagrams, maintaining the accuracy of documentation to reflect changes and fixes.
• Maintaining a secure configuration management database with an accurate record of database assets.

At HSE, we are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working in from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work. There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities e.g., collaborative working, supporting, and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, the arrangements will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstance and other relevant circumstance will also be considered. Therefore, we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to an office us a feasible distance to travel before making an application.

Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.

The post can be based in any HSE location excluding London. For further information about HSE locations please click here. Occasional travel to our Bootle HQ will be required for team events and collaborative activities.

Essential:

• A solid background in database administration, with a proven track record in both supporting and building SQL databases within a professional environment.
• Experience of leading database engineering teams
• Windows Clustering and other HADR technologies.
• A clear support focus with evidence of time spent performing Tier 2/3 support for SQL Databases.
• Experience working within ITIL framework delivering Incident/Problem/Change Management.
• Effective communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Desirable:

• Database certification (e.g., MCSA, MCSE).
• Experience with Oracle & Ingres.
• Experience of working within a virtualised environment, including virtualised SQL servers using VMWare.
• Experience with ODS, Data Marts, Data Warehouses and Data Lakes.
• Experience with SSIS, SSAS.
• Familiarity with QlikView and PowerBI.
• Programming knowledge (PowerShell, Python, R, JSON, XML).

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• Competitive rates of pay.
• Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contributes 27.1%, far more than the private sector.
• Carer friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career.
• 25 days annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege day.
• Competitive Parental leave benefits.

Job contact :

Name :
Mark Harrison
Email :
[email protected]

Recruitment team :

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